2nd Sunday in Lent, February 17, 2008, “Series A”
Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, in our baptism into the death and resurrection of Jesus, your beloved Son, you have redeemed us from sin and death, and
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Jesus was addicted to sinners, paralyzed to the cross, deaf to his critics, dumb as a lamb before his shearers

10-29-07 Jesus the paralyzed diety
Isiah 53:7
Title: Paralyzed to the cross
Before the sermon, if Christ were to speak directly to us, this might well be His very words:
A bottom line conclusion message from Christ:
- Your sins had me nailed there
- my love for you had
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Author and comedian Michael Moore recently suggested that it’s arrogant for us to sing, “God bless America.” In his mind, no one nation has a right to ask God to bless it above others. After all, God loves all the people of the world. This is true.
However, from the passage that we read we
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Success in the Christian life isn’t all about our effort. While we must make an effort we are not left to do it alone. However, we can have assurance of success without yet realizing the success.

An Anchor for the Soul
Hebrews 6:13–20
INTRODUCTION
At the time of his death, this man’s work appeared in twenty-six hundred newspapers worldwide, and was the basis of a franchise earning $1 billion a year. Since its modest debut in just seven papers on October 2, 1950, his comic strip
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This may be the information age, but God is the ultimate information regulator. He determines what we do and do not perceive.

Elisha the Eye Prophet
(2 Kings 6:8-23)
We are all vulnerable in different ways:
1. “In 1991, an organization called Michigan’s Timid Motorist assisted 830 motorists across the MacKinac Bridge that is five miles long and 200 feet high. The drivers were so scared of heights that they couldn’t
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It is very easy for us to get in our own way when it comes to salvation. We must trust God completely to save us.

“Don’t Just Do Something…Stand There!”
by Rick Labate
Let’s play “What Am I?”
· I am mentioned no less than 11 other times in the Bible.
· I am an event so important that 5 other Biblical writers refer to me.
· I happened when Moses raised his staff and stretched out his hands over the
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Conflicts often arise when people forget who's in charge. So, who is in charge and how should we use that knowledge in how we respond to our earthly authorities?

OPEN: August 1994, as a Korean Air jet plane was landing it skidded across a rain soaked runway and rammed a safety barricade. There were 160 passengers on board and just before the plane exploded into flames they all escaped to safety. What was the cause of the accident? According to news
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Sermon Objective: This is a funeral sermon designed to share the Good News of hope & resurrection that is found in Jesus Christ.

Through Not In
1 Corinthians 15:51-57
Sermon Objective: To honor Judy’s request and share the Good News of hope that is found in Jesus Christ to those who are at her memorial service.
51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52in a flash, in the
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Fatal Distraction
It’s a beautiful summer afternoon some years ago at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent River, Maryland. The U.S. Navy’s newest jet fighter, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat with both afterburners blazing soars from the runway for a test flight. The first portion of the flight is a
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A Patriotic sermon for the 4th of July based on material by Vance Elzinga

Blessed is The Nation!
It was the middle of a very unpopular war, a conflict noted for its shabby ideology and selfish ends. Besides which, it wasn’t going well. On the night of September 13 a man found himself sloshing around in a small boat. He was on a mission. He’d volunteered to take
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Odd . . . different . . . we believe They are among us! Learn to spot them! Communicate with them!

Aliens Pt. 2 – Alien Invasion
I mentioned last week that it seems that every generation has seemed to be enthralled with Aliens. George Orwell's War of the Worlds, Star Trek, Star Wars, Signs, Independence Day and the list goes on and on.
We established last week that we believe in
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I want to thank you for the warm reception we have received since our arrival in Richmond. Your kindness and generosity has touched my family’s heart and made us feel at home very quickly in this great city.
Many of you have commented on the fact that you have been praying for my former parish
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Revised for use in a very small church looking for a new direction: Moses became an effective liberator by asking three questions: "Who am I?" "Who are You?" and "What if?"

Broadview Baptist Church, Chesapeake, MD Sept. 3, 2006
Church is not just for you and me who are members of the church. Church is for others. Church is for the world out there. Freedom is not just for you and me who have accepted Christ. Freedom is for others. The free gift of salvation
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“Understanding Freedom in Christ”
Galatians 2:1-10
In our text Paul is continuing to craft his argument to call the Galatians back to the freedom of the Gospel. As we saw in the very first message Paul was greatly alarmed at how easily the Galatians had allowed themselves to be led back into
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